Jack and Rose will be brought back to life by a Nottingham entrepreneur who has recreated The Titanic on a cruise ship.

Aden Levin, originally from Mapperley Park, has transformed the vessel and will hold immersive cinematic events for 1,000 people at Sydney Harbour.

Guests will be able to spend an evening in first, second or third class and dress up as people who were on board the famous passenger liner, which sank in the Atlantic Ocean in April 1912.

Main characters from James Cameron’s 1997 film Titanic, including Leonardo Di Caprio and Kate Winslet’s protagonists, will also be replicated by actors and potential wax works alongside a special screening of the movie.

Aden Levin, who owns businesses in London and Australia, back in his hometown Nottingham

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Mr Levin, 29, will tour his Titanic “Beyond Cinema” event around Australia, where he runs a business called Viral Ventures, from this month.

He said: “I had no idea how big the Titanic was until I saw our version. We had a stupid idea of playing the movie on a boat but then decided to make the boat like the Titanic.

“There’s some really hardcore fanatics out there. It’s the first time this has happened anywhere in the world.

“The pressure is really on, not just because of how much people are into the film but also the history of the Titanic itself, so we have to make sure the attention to detail and experience we create is bang on.

Leonard Di Caprio and Kate Winslet playing Jack and Rose in the 1997 Titanic film

“We have actors who look similar to characters in the film – Captain Smith is almost identical.

“We’re hoping it will be replicated around the world. If we can get it right in Australia, we definitely want to bring the concept through Asia and back into Europe.”

Former Nottingham High School student Mr Levin, whose brother Aaron revived the name of their family lacemaking business Levin Brothers and Co in 2016 with the lace shop Place4 in the Lace Market, also owns the London-based events company Mainstage Travel.

Aden Levin, who owns businesses in London and Australia, back in his hometown Nottingham

Set up in 2011, it organises music festivals like Snowboxx – which combines snow sports with a music festival headlined by Fatboy Slim and Chase and Status in the French Alps – and clubbing holidays for young people.

It employs 25 people and has a £6m turnover.

In 2014, Mr Levin and business partner Rob Tominey secured £100,000 investment on TV show Dragons’ Den after impressing the panel with their business plan.

In January 2017, Mr Levin moved to Sydney to expand it before deciding to set up a side project in Viral Ventures as well.

Aden Levin, who owns businesses in London and Australia, back in his hometown Nottingham

The company employs 15 people in Sydney and 10 in Melbourne, with an anticipated turnover of £3.5m by July this year.

He said: “Our motto is ‘making Australia fun again’. Living in London – and even Nottingham and Manchester, where I studied – there’s a lot more fun things happening.

“In Sydney, it’s more about going to the beach and enjoying the sunshine, but the bars and clubs are quite dry so we came up with some different concepts.”

Construction is underway on transforming the cruise liner and Mr Levin’s company is working alongside Titanic the Exhibition to make it as close as possible to the real thing.

The RMS Titanic pictured in 1912

The first three events, beginning at Sydney Harbour in January and costing between £50 and £100, are almost sold out and it will then be toured around Australia.